on the day i went to career fair, i received a letter from Duke encouraging me to check out their engineering management program. it's a one year program with a three-month internship. i'm afraid to take it as a sign that i should go to grad school first before going out to the world and be a slave to corporate america. but what if it is?

then i don't know what to do.

so while i showered earlier today, i was thinking of post-undergrad options.

(1) to travel the world or at the very least go back to homeland philippines and chill until all my internship money runs out. this sounds very cool but highly unlikely to happen. first of all, i don't think i'd have the will power to unconsciously and irresponsibly spend all that internship money. it's easy to blow off a couple thousand bucks on booze and drugs. and i'd be very ashamed of myself. it'd be a nice vacation from the hassles of corporate america, but i'd be dirt poor and borderline crack whore by the time i come back here. and try to be an engineer again. but will i be able to do it?

(2) excitedly become a young slave to corporate america. this sounds cool too. i get to work, make something out of my life, start a career early in life and make money. probably more than i need, but heck, i wouldn't complain getting 60k a year. other than that, i don't really see any other benefits to this option. but then again, the money will be good and i'll be able to travel the world, buy a new car (i don't really want/need one but it'll still be cool), and i dunno, do whatever. then if i do this, the next question will be where do i want to go? private or public?

(3) go to grad school. i don't know what for so this is something i have yet to figure out. if i do this, i'll have more certificates on my wall, higher credentials and a huge ass debt. i'll also have an extended college life and we all know how much i love college. i might as well be van wilder because i love it way too much. call me nerdy, but i'm in it for the lack of responsibility and the booze and chilling with friends. but grad school will be cool. i'll get to extend this very chill life without really losing a whole lot. i mean, i'll be 21 when i graduate, add two years to that, get out of grad school when i'm 23. i'll still be young. then i'll stop going to clubs.

so these are my three life-altering options. i'm hoping to decide by the end of this quarter. i'll probably take the GRE just for the hell of it. meaning, not study at all, just pay and show up and take the test. if i get a decent score, i'll go to grad school. if not, here i come corporate america!

but for now, i'll for sure go to bartending school in winter break. i need a couple hundred bucks, but i think it'll be worth it. when i finish the 40-hour course, i'll have one more diploma on my wall. it'll be sitting next to my EIT. haha. then of course, i'll be more knowledgeable.